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Fix cfchecker reporting invalid quantization attributes by adding three new reserved attributes.

Starting with version 4.9.0, libnetcdf offers three quantization algorithms. When enabled, they add one of the following attributes to the quantized variable

Algorithm Attribute
Bit Groom _QuantizeBitGroomNumberOfSignificantDigits
Granular Bit Round _QuantizeGranularBitRoundNumberOfSignificantDigits
Bit Round _QuantizeBitRoundNumberOfSignificantBits

I also added a small test file for this:

netcdf quantization {
dimensions:
        x = 3 ;
variables:
        double bit_groom(x) ;
                bit_groom:_QuantizeBitGroomNumberOfSignificantDigits = 2 ;
                bit_groom:_FillValue = NaN ;
                bit_groom:standard_name = "air_temperature" ;
                bit_groom:units = "K" ;
        double bit_round(x) ;
                bit_round:_QuantizeBitRoundNumberOfSignificantBits = 2 ;
                bit_round:_FillValue = NaN ;
                bit_round:standard_name = "air_temperature" ;
                bit_round:units = "K" ;
        double granular_bit_round(x) ;
                granular_bit_round:_QuantizeGranularBitRoundNumberOfSignificantDigits = 2 ;
                granular_bit_round:_FillValue = NaN ;
                granular_bit_round:standard_name = "air_temperature" ;
                granular_bit_round:units = "K" ;

// global attributes:
                :comment = "Test file with quantized data variables" ;
                :Conventions = "CF-1.8" ;
}

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